Peekaboo by Jeffthebutcher2

Format: Commander

Commander: Norin the Wary

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This deck is a mono-red group-slug archetype centered on Norin the Wary. Norin's triggered ability exiles him whenever any player casts a spell or attacks, returning him to the battlefield at the beginning of each end step. In a four-player game, this produces up to four creature entries per turn cycle at no mana cost. The deck leverages this flicker engine with a high density of Alliance and enter-the-battlefield pingers such as Impact Tremors, Agate Instigator, Molten Gatekeeper, and Witty Roastmaster. As these burn effects accumulate, damage amplifiers like Torbran, Thane of Red Fell and token doublers like Genesis Chamber accelerate the clock to deal 8 to 16 damage to each opponent per rotation. Late-game nuclear cards like Worldfire and Obliterate exploit Norin's self-exile trigger to wipe the board completely while allowing Norin to return unharmed and attack for the win.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Agate Assault
  • 1 Agate Instigator
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Burn Down the House
  • 1 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Cosmotronic Wave
  • 1 Dual Strike
  • 1 Electropotence
  • 1 Embermaw Hellion
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fire Diamond
  • 1 Genesis Chamber
  • 1 Gimli of the Glittering Caves
  • 1 Hazardous Blast
  • 1 Hissing Iguanar
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 In the Web of War
  • 1 Incinerate
  • 1 Irreverent Gremlin
  • 1 Jaya, Venerated Firemage
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mirror March
  • 1 Molten Gatekeeper
  • 36 Mountain
  • 1 Norin the Wary
  • 1 Obliterate
  • 1 Outpost Siege
  • 1 Panharmonicon
  • 1 Planar Chaos
  • 1 Play with Fire
  • 1 Pristine Talisman
  • 1 Pyroclasm
  • 1 Raphael, Tough Turtle
  • 1 Reinforced Ronin
  • 1 Reiterate
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Reverberate
  • 1 Rose Room Treasurer
  • 1 Shocking Sharpshooter
  • 1 Skewer the Critics
  • 1 Slash, Reptile Rampager
  • 1 Smelt
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spitfire Lagac
  • 1 Springleaf Drum
  • 1 Tempered in Solitude
  • 1 Tempt with Mayhem
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Tibalt, Rakish Instigator
  • 1 Tokka & Rahzar, Unsupervised
  • 1 Tome of Legends
  • 1 Tomik, Izzet Sparkmage
  • 1 Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
  • 1 Tuktuk Rubblefort
  • 1 Vance's Blasting Cannons // Spitfire Bastion
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Vexing Devil
  • 1 Vigilante Justice
  • 1 Warstorm Surge
  • 1 Weftstalker Ardent
  • 1 Witty Roastmaster
  • 1 Worldfire